Services for publishers
It takes a great team to create a great book. So add Workhorse to your stable. Workhorse founder Beate Schwirtlich brings 15 years of in-house experience at Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Penguin Random and University of Toronto Press. She knows that the reputation of your publishing house hinges on strong author relations, good design, and excellent editorial quality. She also understands your needs, your workflow, and your priorities.
Workhorse will ensure your title meets the highest editorial and production standards—and hits the market on schedule.
Put our editorial and production management know-how to work for your imprint. Workhorse can keep projects moving forward when your publishing program’s needs exceed your capacity in-house.
We have a proven record of helping teams meet deadlines, get delayed projects back on schedule, keep projects on budget, and ensure good speed to market. Having worked with hundreds of authors, we’re confident that we can earn the trust of yours. And when unexpected issues crop up, chances are we’ve dealt with a similar problem in the past and can suggest workarounds and solutions.
We can help you by
- Taking on full project management of complex projects so that staff can focus on core titles
- Determining a budget or a range of budget scenarios
- Scheduling each stage in the publication process
- Contracting editorial and production freelancers, leveraging our extensive network of top Canadian book designers, editors, indexers, proofreaders, and printers
- Preparing manuscripts for typesetting, including XML tagging where needed, and ensuring all other elements (e.g., artwork and permissions) are complete
- Facilitating discussion, collaboration, and consensus decision making at the appropriate stages of the project
- Collaborating with print vendors to ensure timely delivery, solve problems, and produce books in a cost-effective manner
Let Workhorse Editorial and Production Services improve the structure and clarity of your author’s writing and check grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage. We can edit manuscripts to MLA, APA, Chicago or your in-house style.
Beate’s background in typesetting, typography, and editorial management equips her to scrutinize every aspect of the page. Having typeset and corrected hundreds of titles, she can proofread fiction or non-fiction to style, catch textual and typographical errors, and keep a close eye on image placement, quality, and content as well.
Take advantage of our background in fine art and photography. Workhorse can source the images, obtain the appropriate rights and permissions, and ensure the creators are properly credited. We can assist with image research, develop illustration plans, and even commission original illustrations and art.
Old digital files? We can convert legacy documents from Quark 3, 4, 5, and 6 to QuarkXPress 10 or InDesign, or we can convert QuarkXPress, InDesign, or CorelDraw files to PDFs. We can also retrieve your text from any Quark, InDesign, CorelDraw, or PDF file and provide you with an editable Word/text file.
Old physical files? We can scan your printed book or document, using optical character recognition to create an accurate, editable Word document or text file from that hard copy.